After service in India he became a radical MP for Weymouth (1812), Aberdeen (1818-30, 1842-55), Middlesex (1830-37), and Kilkenny (1837-41); he was an associate of John Cam Hobhouse and a member of the London Greek Committee. Maria Edgeworth: “Don't like him much; attacks all things and persons, never listens, has no judgment.”

REFERENCES TO Joseph Hume:

William Godwin to Mary Jane Godwin, 18 May 1811 in William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876)

William Godwin to Mary Jane Godwin, 13 April 1815 in William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876)

Sydney Smith to Lady Grey, 27 March 1821 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 28 February 1822 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [September 1822] in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 14 February 1823 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [March? 1823] in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 11 March 1823 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Lord Byron to Charles Hancock, 5 February 1824 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 1 March 1824 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 12 May 1824 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 8 June 1830 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

J. C. Hobhouse to John Galt, 28 July 1830 in “Pot versus Kettle” in Fraser’s Magazine 2 (December 1830) 543-42

Robert Southey to Henry Taylor, 15 July 1831 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 2 February 1833 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 9 February 1833 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 23 December 1834 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Sydney Smith to Lady Grey, 8 January 1838 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)